Miami MoCAAD Launches Interactive Mural For Juneteenth

In commemoration of Juneteenth, the Miami Museum of Up to date Artwork (Miami MoCAAD) is proud to launch Veo Veo, I See I See, Mwen wè Mwen wè, an interactive public artwork challenge that mixes visible artwork, storytelling, and expertise to discover the neighborhood of Overtown.

On Friday, June 17, Miami MoCAAD and the Hampton Artwork Lovers will co-host a Juneteenth #CreativeConversation and Celebration on the Ward Rooming Home (249 NW ninth St, Miami, FL 33136). Doorways open at 5:30pm; #Artistic Dialog: 6pm; 7:30pm -Tour to expertise Miami MoCAAD’s first interactive mural; Celebration: 7pm-9pm. You could register to attend in particular person, as seating is proscribed.

Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/juneteenth-creativeconversation-and-celebration-at-the-ward-rooming-house-tickets-353997595337.

As well as the artistic dialog shall be streamed stay on Miami MoCAAD’s Fb channel.

Veo Veo, I See I See, Mwen wè Mwen wè, mural challenge begins at 1021 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, the workplace constructing of the late Decide Lawson E. Thomas. Thomas was Miami-Dade County’s first Black decide, who presided over the one purely racially segregated court docket system in the USA generally known as the “Negro Municipal Court docket.” The mural shall be created by artist Anthony Reed II, generally known as “Mojo,” and can pay homage to this essential place and its historical past.

” We’re excited to inform a few of these little-known tales of people and areas vital to Miami’s hidden Black historical past. The location-specific murals embedded with distinctive QR codes will interact the general public and showcase works of gifted Black artists,” states Marilyn Holifield, co-founder Miami MoCAAD.

The oral histories will share untold tales of the folks and locations of this proud Black neighborhood that thrived earlier than “city renewal” highways decimated houses and companies in Overtown and Black communities throughout the nation. By scanning the QR codes, viewers will grow to be immersed in Overtown-related interactive treasure hunt video games; an interactive 3-D mannequin of the artist offering biographical data, and an interactive museum expertise map that invitations engagement to chart the longer term Miami MoCAAD.

The murals and oral histories will grow to be a part of Miami MoCAAD’s archive, documenting the museum’s journey to a digital/bodily hybrid museum area.

This challenge was attainable with the help of the Miami-Dade County Division of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor, and Board of County Commissioners and the Knight Basis and personal donations.